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Susanita
Prairie Lotus | Linda Sue Park
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1. Yes, but that‘s mostly because I only have to shop for a few people. I still have to wrap everything, though. 😎
2. The main character in the tagged book helps out in her father‘s store, so there‘s some shopping involved. #two4tuesday

TheSpineView Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁🎅 3mo
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kera_11
The Dressmaker: A Novel | Posie Graeme-Evans
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my friend gave me this book and boy was it dramatic, even more than I anticipated. Ellen could not catch a break. She marries this horrible dude and when she ends up pregnant, he dips. She works to grow her skill and business as a dressmaker &once she‘s killing it, guess who shows back up? Mister no money bad attitude wack ass husband. But she‘s got friends & money on her side now. (not my fave historical romance but entertaining in the back half)

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Butterfinger
Prairie Lotus | Linda Sue Park
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WHAT A TREASURE!!!! Chinese and Korean heritages are highlighted in this story set during the western expansion of US. Very rare. I know of only Laurence Yep for middle grade, but Park wanted to confront the absence and hatred of other cultures in the Little House books. #TeachEmpathyThroughLiterature #MiddleGradeMay @megnews

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TheBookHippie
Letters from Cuba | Ruth Behar
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Daisey
Prairie Lotus | Linda Sue Park
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This was a wonderful story on its own, but it‘s also a perfect companion read alongside the Little House books. In 1880, Hanna is a half Chinese girl hoping for friends, education, and a future doing work that she loves. I appreciated the author‘s note about her own love for Wilder‘s books and this story as a response with another perspective.

#MiddleGrade #HistoricalFiction #audiobook #MiddleGradeMarchThroughTime 1880

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megnews
Letters from Cuba | Ruth Behar
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This was excellent middle grade historical fiction on the treatment of Jewish refugees to Cuba during WWII. #MIDDLEGRADEMARCHTHROUGHTIME

Butterfinger Love this graphic. 2y
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BookishTrish
Letters from Cuba | Ruth Behar
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Earl and I very much enjoyed this big hearted historical novel about a young Polish girl starting a new life in Cuba in the 1930s.

Texreader ❤️🐈‍⬛ 2y
LeahBergen Earl‘s sensitive as well as handsome. 😄 2y
wanderinglynn What a cutie! ❤️🐱 2y
ShelleyBooksie That name fits him purrfectly - Earl :) 2y
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BookishTrish
Letters from Cuba | Ruth Behar
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#EarlGrey warmly encourages me to listen to my audiobook this morning by lying on my legs in all his floofy glory.

RaeLovesToRead Awww floofs 💕💕 2y
DivineDiana So majestic! 2y
CoverToCoverGirl Now that‘s what I call an excellent reading buddy. 💜 2y
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Amie
Prairie Lotus | Linda Sue Park
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I liked this, but I especially liked the author's explanation of why she wrote this book as it relates to the Little House on the Prairie books.

For some reason I really dislike the cover art on this one, I think because it looks too cartoon-y, and after reading it, I feel like the cover art makes it look like it's for a younger audience than it is. I would probably recommend it for around 6th grade.

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sblbooks
Prairie Lotus | Linda Sue Park
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#12AuthorsIn22 Day 10 Linda Sue Park
I have read A Single Shard last year for #middleGradeMarch. I would like to read another one this year.